The real purpose of this post are my CNBC - Business of Innovation thoughts... but I also wanted to promote my FriendFeed link and also my Twitter link. I have pushed a lot of my content to FriendFeed because it is dead-easy. Check them out.

Anyway... I have watched to first two episodes of the CNBC special and here my bulleted / random thoughts.

• innovation is as good as its people
  
• perception that innovation must be driven from the inside
  
• must set a culture and reward (trust, recognition and $$$) for risk-taking
  
• constantly (all day everyday) driving towards improvement
  
• innovation that is a new product/service that creates a better experience that generates profits for a company
  
• innovation is a social process
  
• is innovation easy or invention easy?
  
• are sales flat because of marketing or lack of innovation?
  
• a downturn is the chance to become a market leader
  
• how do you find people capable of seeing the other side/way? is it immigration?
  
• innovation engine
  
• hiring Gen-Y a whole new challenge... fun, family, needs
  
• can you measure job "happiness"? is it social relationships?
  
• must bring together cultures (age, gender, race, etc.) to get success
  
• invest in education
  
• mitigate all risks by understanding your distinctive competence
  
• innovation must ask "how do I make money?"
  

Last thought, one of the guests indicated the following four words... kind of like a simplified process for innovation - "see believe think act" and I really like that too.